Sir Sam Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancheKid86 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 beefy :drool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87Warrior Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Those are impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comanchedude Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 x2 Those are impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny quest Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 evolution? and i though my 1.25's were beefy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche County Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Looks more like a rod end for a 3 point hitch on a tractor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrawombat Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Looks more like a rod end for a 3 point hitch on a tractor. That was my first thought - although I haven't seen a tractor that uses adjustable ones, but I only have experience with the German-made POS that are painted green and yellow :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Looks more like a rod end for a 3 point hitch on a tractor. There really should be a discussion on these. I've seen a few people who actually use these things as control arms and beat the crap out of them! They're plenty strong being the use that they are intended for and they're mega cheap and easy to come by. I'm not saying that it isn't a little hack of common, but for a low budget offroad-only rig, I think they'd work fine... at the risk of flaming, anyhow. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrawombat Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 There really should be a discussion on these. I've seen a few people who actually use these things as control arms and beat the crap out of them! They're plenty strong being the use that they are intended for and they're mega cheap and easy to come by. I'm not saying that it isn't a little hack of common, but for a low budget offroad-only rig, I think they'd work fine... at the risk of flaming, anyhow. :D On the larger John Deere tractors that piece is all cast. Extremely robust and built to take a ridiculous amount of abuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrawombat Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche County Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Sir Sam is slowly reeling us in if you couldn't tell. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sam Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Not really. It's actually just a massive heim I pulled out of the scrap bin at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFAComanche6 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 There really should be a discussion on these. I've seen a few people who actually use these things as control arms and beat the crap out of them! They're plenty strong being the use that they are intended for and they're mega cheap and easy to come by. I'm not saying that it isn't a little hack of common, but for a low budget offroad-only rig, I think they'd work fine... at the risk of flaming, anyhow. :D Hm, that's a pretty good idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 On the larger John Deere tractors that piece is all cast. Extremely robust and built to take a ridiculous amount of abuse. That's true. A ridiculous amount of abuse however also a little loose and clunky so everything lines up without much fuss. The problem comes in when someone sees them and thinks, "Yeah! These are cheap and they kinda look like those fancy rod end heim thingers that I see in those buggy magazines!" They are klunky and a little loose for a reason. When someone turns around and drives their rig on the street with those, then it turns into chasing the steering wheel around because their alignment won't stay true. I'll say it again just for good measure... they are klunky and a little loose for a reason. Flip through the Ghetto Fab thread on Pirate4x4 and you'll see tons of them! In lots of applications, I'd very much call them hack. In some situations where you want a ridiculously cheap trail rig that goes on a trailer to head to the trails I think they'd work out just fine. On the trail... plenty of flex and easy to find a replacement. On the road... scary and liable to kill a family of four in a minivan. So... with all that, and in the right application, they can work very well: Dude's username on here is Doc... hasn't been on in a long time, but I know him. He actually gets a ton of grief over his truck. It performs awesome! It also has the same tractor joints for upper and lower control arms both front and rear. Speaking of the rear... it's a Dana 35 with moly shafts and some (I think) 4.56 gears. He says that he's broken a few axles with it, but it was the type of lines where the tire got really pinched. Overall, it's a cool rig and quite the trail monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrawombat Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 If I were to ever use those 3-point hitch tractor assemblies, I would set it and weld it up tight. No way I'd use one of those as-is. Also no way I'd use one of those with anything driven on the street :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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